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YES Bank finances Mahindra Renewables Rewa Project.

Mahindra Renewables Pvt. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mahindra Susten Pvt. Ltd., has achieved financial closure for its 250 MW Solar Power Project, to be located in Rewa District of Madhya Pradesh with YES BANK Ltd for financial assistance in the form of project debt to the extent of INR 750 Crores and from other financial institutions upto INR 200 Crores. The project is part of the 750 MW Rewa solar park which is one of the largest solar parks in the world. The 250 MW project of Mahindra Renewables is expected to generate over 525 Million Units and is envisaged to sell ~78% of the generated units to Madhya Pradesh Electricity Distribution Utilities and the balance ~22% to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

Zhooben Bhiwandiwala,President – Mahindra Partners, stated, “Our aim is to build a sustainable presence in the Renewable Energy space. The Rewa Solar Project is a significant step in this direction as this is one of the largest solar parks having the most bankable PPA terms and can become a model template for all upcoming solar projects. This project also demonstrates Mahindra Group’s commitment and focus towards renewable energy by partnering with leading banks like YES BANK, which has a significant renewable energy footprint.”

Speaking about the transaction, Rana Kapoor, MD&CEO, YES BANK said, “YES BANK has established itself as India’s pre-eminent Green Bank with pioneering initiatives in the Sustainable Finance domain. The Rewa Solar Project by Mahindra Renewables is another step towards augmenting India’s RE capacity, and our support to this project buildson YES BANK’s commitment to mobilize USD 5 Bn for financing Solar Power projects in India by 2030 which we announced at the the International Solar Alliance (ISA) conference organized at World Future Energy Summit 2018 in Abu Dhabi and at the ISA Founding Conference on March 11,2018 in New Delhi.”

YES BANK has been partner to Mahindra Group’s renewable energy venture since 2011 and has till date underwritten five solar projects for the group with a total capacity of 382 MW. Presently, Mahindra Group has 257 MW of operational solar capacity and 250 MW Rewa solar project under implementation. Mahindra Group, through Mahindra Susten Pvt. Ltd., is one of the leading solar Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) companies with demonstrated execution capability and has completed over 1,100 MW solar projects till date.